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Comparative Genomics of Three Hybrid-Pathogen Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Healthy Donors’ Feces

by
Judith Z. Ortega-Enríquez
1,2,
Claudia Martínez-de la Peña
1,
Cristina Lara-Ochoa
3,
Rosa del Carmen Rocha-Gracia
1,
Edwin Barrios-Villa
1,2,* and
Margarita M. P. Arenas-Hernández
1,*
1
Graduate Program in Microbiology, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72570, Mexico
2
Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Genómica, Departamento de Ciencias Químico Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Sonora, Campus Caborca, H. Caborca, Sonora 83621, Mexico
3
Centro de Detección Biomolecular, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla 72570, Mexico
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Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Microbiol. Res. 2024, 15(3), 1412-1424; https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres15030095
Submission received: 7 July 2024 / Revised: 23 July 2024 / Accepted: 31 July 2024 / Published: 2 August 2024
(This article belongs to the Topic High-Throughput Analyses as a Multi-Faceted Approach for Characterizing the Human Microbiota)
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Abstract

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The present study shows the genomic characterization of three pathogenic Escherichia coli hybrid strains. All strains were previously characterized as diarrheagenic pathotypes (DEC), obtained from feces. The three sequenced strains have genes that encode adhesins (fimH and iha) and iron uptake systems (iucC and iutA). Antibiotic resistance genes were also found for fluoroquinolone and aminoglycoside families in the three strains. The presence of genomic islands (GIs) in the sequenced study strains presented 100% identity (Ec-25.2) and 99% identity (Ec-36.1) with previously reported Extraintestinal Pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) strains. The Ec-36.4 strain shared a 99% identity with GI from the Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) pathotype of the diarrheagenic E. coli strain. Ec-25.2 belongs to ST69 and harbors a FimH27 variant, while Ec-36.1 and Ec-36.4 belong to ST4238 and share a FimH54 variant. Four incompatibility groups associated with conjugative plasmids were identified (IncFIB, IncF11, IncI1, and IncB/O/K/Z), as well as Insertion Sequences and MITEs elements.

1. Introduction

Escherichia coli is a Gram-negative rod from Enterobacterales and one of the commensal gut species. However, several clones have acquired different virulence factors (VF) that enhance their abilities to trigger a wide spectrum of diseases, such as diarrheal illness or extraintestinal ones (such as urinary tract infections, neonatal meningitis, and bloodstream infections) [1].
The E. coli pathobionts associated with gut infections are classically known as diarrheagenic pathotypes (DEC) [2]. Within DEC, there are six well-known pathotypes: enteropathogenic (EPEC), enterotoxigenic (ETEC), enterohemorrhagic (EHEC), enteroaggregative (EAEC), enteroinvasive (EIEC), and diffusely adherent E. coli (DAEC) [3]. The strains belonging to these pathotypes are classified by their interaction with the enterocyte, their epidemiology, serology, and virulence properties [4].
On the other hand, the extraintestinal infections associated with E. coli are caused by extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli strains (ExPEC). The diseases associated with these strains are sepsis and bacteremia (caused by sepsis-associated E. coli, SEPEC), neonatal meningitis (caused by NMEC), and urinary tract infections (caused by uropathogenic E. coli, UPEC) [5].
In recent years, various E. coli hybrid pathotypes have been described [6]: the “hetero-pathogenic” strains are those that harbor VF characteristics of two or more DEC pathotypes (properly enteropathogens), and the “hybrid-pathogenic” strains are those that show VF from DEC and from ExPEC also [6].
The conflict arises when these virulence factors are common in different E. coli pathogenic strains, which can cause a severe disease expanding their sites of colonization, along with other adaptative features. They can also harbor similar resistance genes present in mobile genetic elements such as plasmids, facilitating their spread and making the disease more difficult to treat. Many studies related to the occurrence of these hybrids have been reported. The most reported cases of “hybrid-pathogenic” have been ExPEC/EAEC and ExPEC/EPEC, because it is proposed that the homology between the different genes coding for the fimbriae, which allow adhesion to the epithelium [6,7,8,9], as well as the presence of different toxins of the ETEC pathotype in samples of patients with UTI (ExPEC) [10], contributes to these associations.
The best-documented example of “hetero-pathogenic” was a severe acute gastroenteritis outbreak (EAEC) and hemolytic uremic syndrome (EHEC) [11]. Another common pathotype reported more recently in clinical samples from countries such as Sweden and South Korea has been EHEC/ETEC [12,13].
Previously, our research group reported the presence of hetero-pathogenic E. coli strains isolated from donors’ feces. The classification was based on the presence of DEC genetic determinants [14]. In the present work, we report the comparative genomics analysis of three hetero-pathogenic genomes—one of them being a triple hybrid.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Strains and Genome Sequencing

From a collection of 40 E. coli strains isolated from the feces of healthy donors obtained in Sonora, Mexico, we have chosen to sequence three previously identified strains using PCR. These strains are characterized by the presence of the genes bfpA (bundle-forming Pilus), LT (heat-labile toxin), and daaE (fimbrial protein). They are classified as hetero-pathogenic strains, specifically Ec-25.2 (aEPEC/ETEC), Ec-36.1 (aEPEC/ETEC/DAEC), and Ec-36.4 (aEPEC/ETEC). Notably, Ec-36.1 and Ec-36.4 are clones obtained from the same donor sample [14]. The strains were inoculated in 5 mL of Luria–Bertani (LB) broth for genomic DNA extraction and grown overnight at 37 °C. Genomic DNA was extracted with the Wizard ® Genomic DNA extraction kit (Promega Corporation, Madison, WI, USA) following the manufacturer’s directions. The DNA concentration was determined with a Quantus ® fluorometer (Promega Corporation, Madison, WI, USA) and the QuantiFluor ® dsDNA System (Promega Corporation, USA). The total genomic DNA was sequenced on an Illumina NovaSeq 6000 sequencer (Iowa City, IA, USA) producing 2 × 151 bp paired end reads with an 80× depth at SeqCenter (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) [15].

2.2. Assembly and Annotation

Assemblies of the draft genomes were completed using SPAdes (v3.15.4) [16] and annotated using RAST [17] and the NCBI Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline [18]. All the open reading frames were blasted against E. coli ETEC H10407 (accession number FN649414) as the reference genome and selected based on a relatedness prediction by NCBI BLAST; this is the pathotype shared by the three sequenced strains. The assembly characteristics are summarized in Supplementary Materials Table S1.

2.3. Bioinformatic Analysis

The genomic islands (GI) in the assemblies were determined with the IslandViewer4 tool [19], using three independent methods for island prediction (IslandPick, IslandPath-DIMOB, and SIGI-HMM), and E. coli ETEC H10407 was used as control strain. Then, the predicted GIs were searched in BLAST for previously reported genomic islands. The Proksee online tool was used to generate circular maps and sequence comparisons through average nucleotide identity (ANI) (accessed 7 May 2024 at https://proksee.ca/) [20,21].
Several services of the Center for Genomic Epidemiology were used with default settings unless otherwise noted: SeroTypeFinder [22] (for serotype prediction); fimH variants were determined by database matching in FimTyper [23]; the presence of antimicrobial resistance genes was analyzed by ResFinder [24,25,26,27,28] and the CARD database [29]; and likewise, the virulence genes (VirulenceFinder) [28,30,31]. Mobile genetic elements, such as plasmids and insertion sequences, were identified with MobileElementFinder [30] and PlasmidFinder [31]. The multiple locus sequence typing was determined with MLST 2.0 [32,33,34,35,36,37]. Finally, to infer the phylogenetic relationship, we completed the calling and filtering of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with CSI Phylogeny (v1.4) using default settings [38] and the iTol [39] platform for generating the images. Different genomes were used to infer the phylogenetic relationship, including some belonging to DEC as well as ExPEC pathotypes (Supplementary Materials Table S2).

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. General Features of the Hybrid Strains

The Ec-25.2 strain belongs to phylogroup A and Ec-36.1 and Ec-36.4 to phylogroup B2. The genomic features are summarized in Supplementary Materials Table S1. The Ec-25.2 genome presented a 100% identity with the genomes UMN026 and 118UI, which are classified as ExPEC and were recovered from urine samples (accession number CU928163.2 and CP032515.1, respectively). Genomic islands were predicted using BLAST against publicly available genomes of E. coli. Most of the genomic islands found for the three sequenced strains correspond to genomic islands of phage origin and mobile genetic elements such as plasmids and insertion sequences (Figure 1).
In the same way, the Ec-36.1 assembly showed a 99.97% identity with the genome KE58 (accession number CP141075.1) recovered from a urine sample in Dallas, Texas of a female patient with recurrent urinary tract infections. This finding is interesting because Sonora (where the samples were isolated) has a border with the United States; these relationships in the identity of the genomes between strains may be due to the high migration that exists, causing patients who are carriers of E. coli to transmit the bacteria in different regions. Another strain with 99.97% identity was ETEC6329F (accession number CP122609.1), documented as ETEC, similar to our isolate. On the other hand, the Ec-36.4 genome kept a 99.97% identity with 184/2aE (accession number CP072858.1), a strain isolated in Brazil from the feces of a traveler returning from sub-Saharan Africa (Supplementary Materials Figure S1).
The in silico sequence-type analysis showed that Ec25.2 belonged to ST69; this ST has been previously reported in clinical strains associated with urinary and blood infections [40]. However, Matsui et al., 2020 showed a wide distribution of ST69 among strains recovered from the feces of healthy donors and patients with urinary tract infections [41]. On the other hand, both Ec-36.1 and Ec-36.4 belonged to ST4238, first reported in 2014 in a strain isolated from a child with diarrhea and identified as ETEC in Colombia [42]. Interestingly, when the in silico serotype was performed, we observed that the three genomes were serotyped as H4, similar to the ETEC Colombian strain, suggesting a regional distribution of E. coli strains belonging to ST4238 and associated with ETEC in America (Supplementary Materials Figure S2).

3.2. Resistance and Virulence Features

Ec-25.2 harbors fimH27, which has been described in isolates from human urine and blood [43] (Table 1). In a previous study, Barrios-Villa et al., in 2020, reported the fimH27 allele in ExPEC strains belonging to the AIEC pathotype, as well as in EIEC and K12 genomes [44]. The fimH54 allele found in Ec-36.1 and Ec-36.4 has been previously reported in strains isolated from urine samples and from vegetables in Portugal [45,46]. The fimH54 allele was also found in human diarrheagenic samples identified as aEPEC/ExPEC hybrid pathotypes [47]. Likewise, other authors have associated fimH54 with strains of avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) [48,49]. This antigenic variability of the fimbria could have important implications in the colonization of different microenvironments, making these strains capable of causing different infections.
The Ec-25.2 genome showed the presence of genetic resistance determinants to fluoroquinolone, aminoglycosides, sulfonamides, carbapenems, and cephalosporines. Ec-36.1 and Ec-36.4 genomes presented genes associated with resistance to fluoroquinolones, macrolides, aminoglycosides, cephalosporins, tetracyclines, nitroimidazole, and phenicol; it is important to note that both strains were recovered from the same sample. It was found that all three genomes show mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, including reduced antibiotic permeability, altered antibiotic fate, and a suggested antibiotic efflux pump which is also involved in other functions such as detoxification and permeability modification (Table 1).
On the other hand, the Virulence Finder tool revealed the presence of genes involved in iron uptake, fimbriae, non-fimbrial adhesins, and toxins involved in E. coli pathogenicity. The common virulence genes for the three strains were fimH (Type 1 fimbriae), iucC (aerobactin synthetase), iutA (ferric aerobactin receptor), iha (adherence protein), traT (outer membrane protein involved in complement resistance) and hlyE (Avian E. coli haemolysin), but also presented homologous genes present in other genera such as eilA (hilA homolog from Salmonella) and shiB (homologs of the Shigella flexneri SHI-2 pathogenicity island gene shiA), which can represent an important horizontal gene transfer mechanism among enterobacteria coexisting in the host, causing more severe signs and symptoms, complicating the disease (Table 1).

3.3. Mobilizable Genetic Elements (MGEs)

Based on replicon typing, Plasmid Finder showed four plasmid incompatibility groups in the Ec-25.2 genome [Col(pHAD28), IncFIB, IncF11, IncI1-l]. On the other hand, plasmids with Col(pHAD28) have been previously reported in Salmonella strains obtained from dairy farm samples in Mexico, as well as from poultry in Nigeria [50,51]. These plasmids have been reported in strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Cronobacter sakazakii, and E. coli carrying resistance genes to aminoglycosides [52,53]. On the other hand, the plasmids IncFIB, IncF11, and Incl1-1 are the most common in E. coli; these plasmids are conjugative and usually harbor resistance and virulence genes [54]. In addition, it has been reported that plasmid IncB/O/K/Z might be found in strains of both clinical and food origin in the Enterobacteriaceae family, as reported by Balbuena-Alonso et al., 2022, and carries resistance genes to azithromycin in strains of K. pneumoniae, which agrees with our results, suggesting that this plasmid is distributed within the Enterobacteriaceae family [55,56].
Other MGEs, such as transposons, integrons, and insertion sequences (IS), can collect or move genes within the host genome and jump across genomes, molding and coevolving with chromosomes [57]. IS are small mobile elements (~0.7 to ~2.5 kbp) and are found in most bacterial genomes, they are the simplest type of bacterial transposable element and generally contain a gene necessary for its transposition. Insertions inside or between genes have the potential to create a mutation, alter promoter function, also create hotspots for genome recombination events, or even induce positive regulation of neighboring genes [58]. In our study, we found IS629 inside the Ec-25.2 genome, a member of the IS3 family whose mobility mechanism is believed to be a replicative transposition (“copy and paste”). This IS contains genes associated with VF as adhesins and fimbriae (iha, papC, and papA). IS629 has been reported in verotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) serotype O157:H7 and is considered the main cause of severe gastrointestinal infections [59]. Additionally, Ec-25.2 also harbors ISKpn26, with the yehABCD fimbrial operon, this IS has been reported in K. pneumoniae and is mostly associated with IncFII and IncFIB plasmids [60]. ISEc45 (VF as iucC, sat, and iutA) and ISEc46 (VF as irp2 and fyuA) were also found. These findings show that despite being commensal bacteria, they have an important virulence and resistance background that makes them potentially pathogenic.
The ISEc18 belongs to the IS481 family, found in the genomes Ec-36.1 and Ec-36.4, and has been reported in plasmids encoding for the LT (heat-labile enterotoxin) and ST (heat-stable enterotoxin) enterotoxin characteristic of the ETEC pathotype; this finding is consistent with previous characterization of these hybrid strains [61]. In our study, the afaD gene (encoding for a fimbrial adhesin) was observed close to ISEc18.
Other mobile genetic elements found in our genomes were the miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs). The first prokaryotic MITE was discovered in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis [62]. MITEs are a group of non-autonomous class II transposons abundant in eukaryotic genomes, mainly in plants, and are structurally characterized by their relatively small size (generally 50–500 bp long), high copy number, tendency to integrate into AT-rich intergenic regions of the genome, a lack of coding capacity, and are often found close to or within genes where they may affect gene expression [63,64,65,66]. It is suggested that these elements have influenced the evolution of individual genomes and genes [65]. The MITEEc1 was found in the three genomes sequenced and this MITE has also been reported in other bacteria, such as Salmonella [66].

3.4. Phylogeny

A phylogenetic tree based on UPGMA (unweighted pair group method using arithmetic averages) was constructed according to the SNPs found for each strain, the SNPs variant calling, and phylogeny showed that the Ec-36.1 and Ec-36.4 genomes are part of a clade next to ETEC (Figure 2). This is an expected finding since these strains were characterized by Méndez-Moreno et al. as hybrid pathogens showing genetic determinants associated with ETEC [14]. The Ec25.2 genome belongs to a clade closely related to APEC (Avian Pathogenic E. coli), corresponding to the ExPEC pathotype, but also related to EPEC, which is one of the pathotypes with which it was previously associated (Figure 2) [14].
Bioinformatic analysis suggested that the three analyzed genomes belong to hybrid pathotypes. The Ec-25.2 genome, previously reported as (aEPEC/DEC), includes virulence factors defining ExPEC (UPEC), as well as the presence of GI with a BLAST 100% identity from UPEC genomes. On the other hand, the phylogeny showed that genome assemblies of Ec-36.1 (aEPEC/ETEC/DAEC) and Ec-36.4 (aEPEC/ETEC) are grouped in a clade including genomes belonging to diarrheagenic pathotypes. Interestingly, BLAST analysis showed 99% identity between the genomes of Ec-36.1 and Ec-36.4 with those of strains isolated from feces classified as ETEC, in agreement with the classification by Méndez-Moreno et al. in 2022 [14]. These results suggest that these strains must be considered as heteropathogenic-hybrid E. coli.
The strains Ec-36.1 and Ec-36.4 were isolated from the same patient, which makes it logical that they share virulence and resistance characteristics, as well as the presence of markers of the diarrhoeagenic pathotypes aEPEC/ETEC; however, the strain Ec-36.1 has the daaE adhesin gene corresponding to the DAEC pathotype, which may have been acquired during the horizontal gene transfer.
This work contributes to understanding the genetic diversity and adaptability of hybrid-pathogenic E. coli strains. The findings highlight the potential public health risks posed by these strains, particularly in regions with high migration rates. By identifying key resistance and virulence determinants, the study underscores the necessity for continuous monitoring and development of effective treatment protocols to manage infections caused by such multidrug-resistant pathogens. Moreover, this comparative genomics approach provides a valuable framework for future research on the evolution and spread of pathogenic E. coli strains. The data generated can inform public health policies and help devise strategies to mitigate the spread of these bacteria. Overall, this report contributes significantly to the field of microbiology and epidemiology understanding the dynamics of multidrug-resistant E. coli in human populations.

Supplementary Materials

The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/microbiolres15030095/s1, Figure S1: Maps constructed in Proksee, showing the comparison between the genomes of the present study with reference genomes previously reported in NCBI, Figure S2: Regional distribution of E. coli Sequence Types (STs) and Serotypes in America; Table S1: General Features of Sequenced Strains of pathogenic-hybrid E. coli, Table S2: Genomes used as control for phylogenetic analysis, Table S3: Representative Genes of The Different Genomic Islands Found in the Sequenced Strains of pathogenic-hybrid E. coli (IslandViewer) [67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90].

Author Contributions

J.Z.O.-E., Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—Original Draft. C.M.-d.l.P., Methodology, Visualization, Writing—Review & Editing. C.L.-O., Methodology, Visualization, Writing—Review & Editing. R.d.C.R.-G., Methodology, Visualization, Validation, Writing—Review & Editing. E.B.-V., Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project Administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing—Review & Editing. M.M.P.A.-H., Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing—Review & Editing. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This work was supported by Universidad de Sonora under the Convocatoria para Apoyo a Proyectos Internos 2023, project number USO413008356, and by Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Estudios de Posgrado (VIEP), BUAP through the project VIEP-2023 “Análisis del Genoma de E. coli Uropatógena y Comensal para la Prevención, Control y Tratamiento Adecuados de la Infección de Tracto Urinario”. JZOE received a CONAHCYT scholarship number 824608.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.

Data Availability Statement

The authors confirm all supporting data, code, and protocols have been provided within the article or through Supplementary Data Files. The draft genome of E. coli Ec-36.1, E. coli Ec-36.4, and Ec-25.2 has been deposited at DDBJ/ENA/GenBank under the accession JAYMYX000000000, JAYSGM000000000, and JAYSGN000000000, respectively. The versions described in this paper are versions JAYMYX010000000, JAYSGM010000000, JAYSGN010000000.

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank M.C. Isabel Montserrat Cortez de la Puente for her help, guidance, and support in preparing this paper.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1. Map of the genomic islands (GIs) found in the analyzed genomes. GIs found in the sequenced strains (Supplementary Materials Table S1). Ec-25.2 has more GIs of phage origin and does not show the GI46 corresponding to mobile genetic elements compared to the other two strains (Ec-36.1 and 36.4). The strains Ec-36.1 and Ec-36.4 share mainly GIs of phage origin and mobile genetic elements. GIs are highlighted based on their origin or function: Phages in blue; mobile genetic elements, green; virulence GIs, pink; related to adhesion as fimbriae, orange; toxin–antitoxin systems, yellow; antibiotic resistance GIs.
Figure 1. Map of the genomic islands (GIs) found in the analyzed genomes. GIs found in the sequenced strains (Supplementary Materials Table S1). Ec-25.2 has more GIs of phage origin and does not show the GI46 corresponding to mobile genetic elements compared to the other two strains (Ec-36.1 and 36.4). The strains Ec-36.1 and Ec-36.4 share mainly GIs of phage origin and mobile genetic elements. GIs are highlighted based on their origin or function: Phages in blue; mobile genetic elements, green; virulence GIs, pink; related to adhesion as fimbriae, orange; toxin–antitoxin systems, yellow; antibiotic resistance GIs.
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Figure 2. UPGMA SNP-based phylogenetic tree. Graphic representation of the SNPs variant calling of the genomes Ec-25.2, Ec-36.1, and Ec-36.4 and compared against those obtained from the reference genomes (Supplementary Materials Table S3). Squares at branch tips represent the fimH variant; colored strips indicate the ST (sequence type) to which the genome belongs; the multiple chart bar represents de number of MGEs (Mobile Genetic Elements). EPEC (enteropathogenic E. coli E2348/69), ETEC (enterotoxigenic E. coli H10407), EHEC (enterohemorrhagic E. coli 10942), EAEC (enteroaggregative E. coli SAMEA7457016), EIEC (enteroinvasive E. coli 53638), and DAEC (diffusely adherent E. coli SK1144), UPEC (uropathogenic E. coli CFT073), APEC (Avian Pathogenic E. coli 102026), AIEC (adherent-invasive E. coli LF82), NMEC (neonatal meningitis E. coli NMEC O18) and E. coli K12 (commensal).
Figure 2. UPGMA SNP-based phylogenetic tree. Graphic representation of the SNPs variant calling of the genomes Ec-25.2, Ec-36.1, and Ec-36.4 and compared against those obtained from the reference genomes (Supplementary Materials Table S3). Squares at branch tips represent the fimH variant; colored strips indicate the ST (sequence type) to which the genome belongs; the multiple chart bar represents de number of MGEs (Mobile Genetic Elements). EPEC (enteropathogenic E. coli E2348/69), ETEC (enterotoxigenic E. coli H10407), EHEC (enterohemorrhagic E. coli 10942), EAEC (enteroaggregative E. coli SAMEA7457016), EIEC (enteroinvasive E. coli 53638), and DAEC (diffusely adherent E. coli SK1144), UPEC (uropathogenic E. coli CFT073), APEC (Avian Pathogenic E. coli 102026), AIEC (adherent-invasive E. coli LF82), NMEC (neonatal meningitis E. coli NMEC O18) and E. coli K12 (commensal).
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Table 1. Resistance genes, virulence, and MGEs in the genomes of sequenced hybrid strains.
Table 1. Resistance genes, virulence, and MGEs in the genomes of sequenced hybrid strains.
StrainEc-25.2Ec-36.1Ec-36.4
fimH variantfimH27fimH54fimH54
Resistance genesFluoroquinolones (qnrB19); Aminoglycosides (aadA5; aac (6′)- lb-cr); Sulfonamides (sul1); Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim (, dfrA17); Aminoglycosides (aac (6′)- lb-cr); Fluoroquinolones (qnrB)Aminoglycosides (aac (6′)- lb-cr); Fluoroquinolones (qnrB)
DisinfectantsitABCD (hydrogen peroxide), qacE (benzylconium chloride, ethidium bromide, chlorhexidine, cetylpyridinium chloride)NFNF
Efflux pumps associated with antibiotic resistanceFluoroquinolones (evgA, mdtH, marA, emrR, emrB); Tetracycline (emrY, evgA, marA); Macrolide (evgA); Monobactams (marA); Carbapenems (marA); Cephalosporins (marA).Macrolides (tolC, evgA,, gadX, mdtE); Tetracyclines (evgA, emrY); Nitroimidazole (msbA); Fluoroquinolones (tolC, acrA, acrB, mdtH, emrR, emrB, evgA, acrS, marA, gadX, mdtE, kdpDE, cpxA); Aminoglycosides (tolC, acrA, acrB, mdtH, emrR, emrB, evgA, acrS, marA, gadX, mdtE, kdpDE, cpxA); Carbapenems (tolC, acrA, acrB, mdtH, emrR,, emrB, evgA, AcrS, marA, gadX, mdtE, kdpDE, cpxA); Cephalosporins (tolC, acrA, acrB, mdtH, emrR, emrA, emrB, evgS, evgA, acrS, acrE, marA, gadX, mdtE, kdpDE, cpxA); Phenicols (tolC, acrA, acrB, mdtH, emrR, emrA, emrB, evgS, evgA, acrS, acrE, marA, gadX, mdtE, kdpDE, cpxA)Macrolides (msr(A), mph(C)); Tetracyclines (evgA, emrY); Streptogramin b (msrA); Nitroimidazole (msbA); Fluoroquinolones (tolC, acrA, acrB, mdtH, emrR,, emrB, evgA, acrS, marA, gadX, mdtE, kdpDE, cpxA); Aminoglycosides (tolC, acrA, acrB, mdtH, emrR,, emrB, evgA, acrS, marA, gadX, mdtE, kdpDE, cpxA); Carbapenems (tolC, acrA, acrB, mdtH, emrR,, emrB, evgA, AcrS, marA, gadX, mdtE, kdpDE, cpxA); Cephalosporins (tolC, acrA, acrB, mdtH, emrR, emrA, emrB, evgS, evgA, acrS, acrE, marA, gadX, mdtE, kdpDE, cpxA); Phenicols (tolC, acrA, acrB, mdtH, emrR,emrA, emrB, evgS, evgA, acrS, acrE, marA, gadX, mdtE, kdpDE, cpxA)
Virulence geneschuA, cia, eilA, fimH, fyuA, gad, hlyE, iha, irp2, iss, iucC, iutA, kpsE, kpsMII_K52, lpfA, ompT, papA, papC, sat, senB, sitA, terC, traJ, traT, yehA, yehB, yehC, yehDafaD, capU, cea, colE5, csgA, fimH, hlyE, iha, ireA, iucC, iutA, shiB, sigA, traT, yehA, yehB, yehC, yehDafaD, capU, cea, colE5, csgA, fimH, hlyE, iha, ireA, iucC, iutA, shiB, sigA, traT, yehA, yehB, yehC, yehD
MGEPlasmids: Col156, Col440I, Col(pHAD28), IncFIB, IncF11, IncI1-l. Insertion Sequences: IS629, ISEc46, ISEc38, ISKpn26, ISEc45. Miniature Inverted Repeat: MITEEc1.Plasmids: IncB/O/K/Z. Insertion Sequence: IS609, IS5, ISEc38, ISSfl3. Miniature Inverted Repeat: MITEEc1Plasmids: IncB/O/K/Z. Insertion Sequences: ISEc18, IS609, IS5, ISSso4, ISEc38, IS256, ISSfl3, ISSha1. Miniature Inverted Repeat: MITEEc1.
MGE: Mobile genetic element; chuA: Outer membrane hemin receptor; cia: Colicin; eilA: Salmonella HilA homolog; fimH: Type 1 fimbriae; fyuA: Yersiniabactin siderophore receptor; gad: Glutamate decarboxylase; hlyE: Avian E. coli haemolysin; ireA: Siderophore receptor; iha: Adherence protein; irp2: High molecular weight protein 2 non-ribosomal peptide synthetase; iss: Increased serum survival; iucC: Aerobactine synthetase; iutA: Ferric aerobactin receptor; kpsE: Capsule polysaccharide export inner-membrane protein; kpsMII_K52: Polysialic acid transport protein; Group 2 capsule; lpfA: Long polar fimbriae; ompT: Outer membrane protease (protein protease 7); papA: Major pilin subunit F16: papC: Outer membrane usher P fimbriae; sat: Serine protease autotransporters of Enterobacteriaceae (SPATE); senB: Plasmid-encoded enterotoxin; shiB: Homologs of the Shigella flexneri SHI-2 Pathogenicity island gene shiA; sigA: Serine protease autotransporters of enterobacteriaceae (SPATE); sitA: Iron transport protein; terC: Tellurium ion resistance protein; traJ: Positive regulator of conjugal transfer operon; traT: Outer membrane protein complement resistance; yehA: Outer membrane lipoprotein, YHD Fimbrial cluster; yehB: Usher, Yhd fimbrial cluster; yehC: Chaperone, YHD fimbrial cluster; yehD: Major pilin subunit YHD fimbrial cluster: afaD: Afimbrial adhesion; capU: Hexosyltransferase homolog; cea: Colicin E1; colE5: Colicin E5 lysis protein Lys; sitABCD: System mediates the transport of iron and manganese; qacE: Detection of biocide resistance genes; evgA: Positive regulator for efflux protein complexes EmrKY and MdtEF: mdtH: Multidrug resistance protein; emrR: Negative regulator for the EmrAB-TolC multidrug efflux pump; emrB: Translocase in the EmrB-TolC efflux protein; qnrB19: Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance protein; emrY: Multidrug transport that moves substrates across the inner membrane of the gram-negative; aadA5: Aminoglycoside nucleotidyltransferase Gene; sul1: Sulfonamide resistant dihydropteroate synthase; dfrA17: Integron-encoded dihydrofolate reductase; tolC: Protein subunit of many multidrug efflux complexes; protein subunit of AcrA-AcrB-TolC multidrug efflux complex. acrA: Represents the periplasmic portion of the transport protein; acrB: Functions as a heterotrimer which forms the inner membrane component; acrE: Membrane fusion protein, similar to acrA; acrS: Repressor of the AcrAB efflux complex and is associated with the expression of AcrEF; gadX: AraC-family regulator that promotes mdtef expression to confer multidrug resistance; mdtE: Membrane fusion protein of the mdtef multidrug efflux complex; kdpDE: Two-component regulatory system in Escherichia coli. role in potassium transport and homeostasis; cpxA: Membrane-localized sensor kinase that is activated by envelope stress; marA: Transcriptional activator of genes involved in the multiple antibiotic resistance; msbA: Member of the MDR-ABC transporter group, transports lipid A; msr(A): Methionine sulfoxide reductase A; mph(C): Macrolide phosphotransferases; NF: Not found.
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